The Way It Really Is
Studio album by
Lisa Loeb
ReleasedAugust 10, 2004
GenreFolk
LabelZoë
ProducerLisa Loeb, Dave Bassett, Chad Fischer, John Shanks, Dweezil Zappa, Jimmy Harry
Lisa Loeb chronology
Catch the Moon
(2003) 		The Way It Really Is
(2004) 		The Very Best of Lisa Loeb
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Entertainment WeeklyB 8/13/2004
Rolling Stone link

The Way It Really Is is a album by Lisa Loeb, released in 2004 by Zoë/Rounder.

The album title got its title from a previous song by Loeb, "The Way It Really Is" despite that song not appearing on this album.

Reception

Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, it was very well received by some critics who noted on the mature and strong writing by Loeb,[1] with Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it "the best, most cohesive record she's made, a clean, crisp collection of well-crafted, gentle tunes that slowly, surely work into the subconscious."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Window Shopping" (Dave Bassett, Lisa Loeb) – 3:17
  2. "I Control the Sun" (Dave Bassett, Loeb) – 3:01
  3. "Hand-Me-Downs" (Stephanie Bentley, Loeb) – 3:42
  4. "Fools Like Me" (Loeb, Shelly Peiken, John Shanks) – 3:38
  5. "Try" (Loeb) – 4:13
  6. "Diamonds" (Loeb) – 3:04
  7. "Would You Wander" (Loeb, Maia Sharp) – 3:33
  8. "Probably" (Jimmy Harry, Loeb, Billy Steinberg) – 3:04
  9. "Accident" (Loeb) – 4:04
  10. "Lucky Me" (Loeb) – 2:29
  11. "Now I Understand" (Loeb, Dweezil Zappa) – 3:07
Bonus track on the Japanese edition
  1. "This Isn't Happening"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Weingarten, Marc. Entertainment Weekly; 8/13/2004 Issue 778, p88-89, 2p, 1c
  2. ^ Review Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Retrieved August 1, 2007.



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